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The French government has condemned an Iraqi court's decision to sentence four of its citizens to death for fighting with the so-called Islamic State.
France says it will take all possible steps to prevent the sentences being carried out.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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Russia says it will continue to defend its position at a UN Maritime Tribunal which has ruled it should immediately release 24 Ukrainian sailors who have been held since November. Three Ukrainian naval vessels were seized by Russia after a stand-off in the Kerch Strait, which links the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea. Lucy Taylor reports.
The political dynamic of Brussels is going to dramatically change as the traditional grand coalition in the European Parliament haemorrhages support.
In this weekend's European elections, the centre right and centre left groupings which have led the European Parliament for decades lost more than 80 seats.
Our Europe Correspondent Kevin Ozebek reports from Brussels.
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Germany's Green Party is on track to win over twenty percent of the vote in the European elections, the most in the party's history.
The far-right AfD is projected to come in fourth place with just over ten percent of the vote in an election which saw increased voter turnout.
Ira Spitzer is in Berlin with this update.
In France, Marine Le Pen's National Rally has topped the poll - with a very narrow lead in front of President Macron's En Marche list of candidates.
The National Rally now hopes to build alliances with other nationalist parties across Europe.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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Now that results to the European Elections are coming in/are in, the coalition building will begin.
And then comes the election of the next president of the European Commission.
Our Europe Correspondent in Brussels Kevin Ozebek breaks down what comes next.
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A Danish adherent of the Jehovah's Witnesses has lost his appeal against a extremism sentence in a Russian court case. Campaigners say it's part of a growing crackdown on minority religious rights in Russia. Julia Chapman has more.
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The President of Paris Saint-Germain football club, Nasser al-Khelaifi, has been put under investigation in France on corruption charges.
Magistrates haven't made details of the charges public.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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